Yogi and Avayogi Planets Explained

Every birth chart has one planet that is said to carry the native's luck and one that tends to hold it back. They are called the Yogi and the Avayogi. They do not depend on house lordship or on exaltation. They come from a single point worked out from the Sun and the Moon, and that makes them a useful second opinion when the usual reading of a chart is unclear.

Where the idea comes from

The panchang has five limbs, and one of them is the yoga: the sum of the longitudes of the Sun and the Moon, divided into 27 parts. These are the 27 Nithya Yogas, from Vishkambha to Vaidhriti.

The Yogi and Avayogi take the same sum one step further. Instead of only naming the yoga, we find the exact point in the zodiac that belongs to it, and then the star and the planet that rule that point.

The calculation

You need the sidereal (nirayana) longitudes of the Sun and the Moon, measured from 0° Aries.

1. Add the longitude of the Sun and the longitude of the Moon.
2. Add 93°20' to the total. If the result is more than 360°, subtract 360°. This is the yoga point.
3. Find the nakshatra in which the yoga point falls. This is the yoga star.
4. The lord of that nakshatra is the Yogi.
5. The lord of the sign in which the yoga point falls is the Duplicate Yogi (Sahayogi).
6. Add 186°40' to the yoga point. The lord of the nakshatra where this second point falls is the Avayogi.

Why 93°20'? It is the start of Pushya nakshatra. The count of the 27 yogas is taken to begin there, so the first yoga, Vishkambha, belongs to Pushya, the second to Ashlesha, and so on round the zodiac.

Nakshatra lords

The lords are the same as in the Vimshottari dasha.

Lord	Nakshatras
Ketu	Ashwini, Magha, Mula
Venus	Bharani, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha
Sun	Krittika, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha
Moon	Rohini, Hasta, Shravana
Mars	Mrigashira, Chitra, Dhanishta
Rahu	Ardra, Swati, Shatabhisha
Jupiter	Punarvasu, Vishakha, Purva Bhadrapada
Saturn	Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara Bhadrapada
Mercury	Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, Revati

A shortcut for the Avayogi

186°40' is exactly 14 nakshatras. Moving 14 stars ahead always lands on the sixth lord in the Vimshottari order, counting the Yogi as the first. So once you know the Yogi, the Avayogi is fixed:

Yogi	Avayogi
Ketu	Rahu
Venus	Jupiter
Sun	Saturn
Moon	Mercury
Mars	Ketu
Rahu	Venus
Jupiter	Sun
Saturn	Moon
Mercury	Mars

A worked example

Take a chart with the Sun at 10° Libra and the Moon at 25° Taurus.

• Sun: 10° Libra = 190°
• Moon: 25° Taurus = 55°
• Sum: 245°
• Yoga point: 245° + 93°20' = 338°20', which is 8°20' Pisces

Uttara Bhadrapada runs from 3°20' to 16°40' Pisces, so the yoga star is Uttara Bhadrapada. Its lord is Saturn.

• Yogi: Saturn
• Duplicate Yogi: Jupiter, the lord of Pisces
• Avayogi point: 338°20' + 186°40' = 525°, less 360° = 165°, which is 15° Virgo. That is Hasta, ruled by the Moon.
• Avayogi: Moon

The table gives the same answer: when Saturn is the Yogi, the Moon is the Avayogi.

What they mean

The Yogi is the planet of prosperity for that chart. Its dasha and sub-periods tend to bring growth, help and good opportunities. The house it occupies and the houses it rules receive a lift. Planets placed in the Yogi's nakshatras also gain from it.

The Duplicate Yogi supports the Yogi. It works like a second helper, a little weaker than the first.

The Avayogi shows where results need more effort. Its periods can bring delay, extra expense or the feeling of working against the current, especially in matters of the house it occupies. It is a marker for care and planning, not a prediction of loss.

The yoga point itself is sensitive. Astrologers watch for the Lagna or a planet close to it in the birth chart, and for slow planets such as Jupiter crossing it by transit.

Points to remember when reading

• Look at the strength first. A Yogi that is debilitated, combust or badly placed can promise more than it delivers. An Avayogi that is strong and rules good houses may do very little harm.
• Lagna lord as Yogi is counted as a fortunate sign, because the person's own efforts carry the luck. If the Lagna lord is the Avayogi, the person tends to succeed through persistence and a second attempt.
• Yogi and Avayogi together. When they sit in the same sign or aspect each other, results are mixed: gain comes, with a cost attached.
• Use it as a second opinion. The Yogi and Avayogi do not replace house lords, yogas and dashas. They add one more line of evidence. When a dasha lord looks good by lordship and is also the Yogi, you can be more confident. When the two disagree, expect a mixed period.

A common confusion

Do not mix up three things that share the word yoga:

• The Nithya Yoga is the limb of the panchang found from the Sun plus the Moon.
• Planetary yogas such as Gaja Kesari are combinations of planets in the chart.
• The Yogi and Avayogi are planets found from the yoga point described here.

Summary

Add the longitudes of the Sun and the Moon and then 93°20' to get the yoga point. The lord of its nakshatra is the Yogi, the lord of its sign is the Duplicate Yogi, and the lord of the nakshatra 186°40' further on is the Avayogi. The Yogi supports prosperity and the Avayogi marks the area that asks for patience. Read both together with the rest of the chart, and always check how strong each planet really is.

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